Bradley Beal finishes second in three-point contest

Summary of 4 articles · Updated Feb 15, 2014

Bradley Beal started the Wizards’ participation in the NBA’s Saturday night showcase by representing Washington in the three-point contest. Here is Beal, forcing the playoff. Here’s Beal’s final round in the tiebreaker: Instead it was sweet-shooting Spurs… (more) guard Marco Belinelli that won the 2014 Foot Locker NBA Three-point Shootout after an impressive showing in the final round and a tie-breaker against Wizards second-year guard Bradley Beal. As the racks progressed and Marco picked up a little sweat on his brow, though, his shots started falling to the point where he outpaced his Team West compatriots and entered into a playoff with Team East finalist Bradley Beal. Belinelli topped the Washington Wizards guard by nailing 24 points in that playoff round, the highest total of the night, earning a Three-Point Shootout title in his first appearance at the event. And he did well for himself, posting the highest score of eight competitors in the first round and hitting all five shots from his last rack in the finals to force a tiebreaker before ultimately coming up well short of Marco Belinelli in that tiebreaker.

Damian Lillard didn’t win this one. And Stephen Curry, a favorite for many, didn’t even make it out of the opening round after connecting on a disappointing 16 shots even with the money ball-only rack on the short corner. Instead it was sweet-shooting S…